Example sentences of "[adv] turn [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Maxim 's thinking had just begun to catch up with why two armed watchmen — the ones outside his own flat had n't been armed — had suddenly turned up in the service road of Neptune Court . |
2 | Maybe , I thought , Ash would be so turned on by the sounds of frantic coupling emanating from Gav and Aunt Janice in the bedroom that she 'd tear my clothes off . |
3 | The disorganized nature of catholic — nationalist politics was only turned round with the emergence of the civil rights movement of 1968 and the subsequent forming of the SDLP in 1970 . |
4 | And she suddenly turned back in the direction they had come and ran all the way , her wet shift slapping against her bare legs . |
5 | Creatures that bestride the dividing line between amphibians and reptiles and between mammals and protomammals , are constantly turning up in the fossil record . |
6 | But having left till the morning when she was due , I could n't even let Cathy know because it puts her in an awkward position , suddenly turn up on the day . |
7 | In summary , I am looking for a jacket which is wind and water proof , breathable , looks respectable enough to turn up at the office in , and offers conspicuity . |
8 | He had n't rung to make an appointment , better to turn up at the door and press the bell like any other cheapskate private detective . |
9 | As ‘ real polises ’ we were correctly distributed in space and our bodies were properly turned out with the symbols of order . |
10 | The loyalty oath duly turned up in the book — Major Major is blacklisted and is thereby debarred from taking the oath . |
11 | ‘ Some of our team just turned up on the night , pulled and had a belly full of beer . ’ |
12 | That should n't relate to all you RUNNING readers who have followed Bruce Tulloh 's training schedules thoroughly and not just turned up on the day , unprepared and with no training under your belt . |
13 | These funny-looking blokes just turned up on the doorstep with rolls of carpet over their shoulders asking if we wanted to buy them . |
14 | He was evidently very well educated , and he was just turned out on the road , and I do n't know where he is now . |
15 | Even fate appeared to be on our side : when the review copy of Madstock finally turned up on the morning of the interview , your hack managed to catch a full five seconds of guitarist Chris Foreman wandering across the park before the VHS started eating the tape . |
16 | Hundreds of new age travellers have already turned up to the site . |
17 | ( In good humour he has already turned back to the mime : the two SPIES awaiting execution at the hands of the PLAYER ) Audiences know what to expect , and that is all that they are prepared to believe in . |
18 | He stopped then , and picked her up , shouldering his way into the bedroom with the large double bed already turned down for the night . |
19 | She was disconcerted to find that she walked into what was the main bedroom , dominated by a four-poster bed already turned down for the night . |
20 | ‘ And it is certainly most unusual just to turn up on the doorstep like this , Mr … ? ’ |
21 | They do n't just turn up on the night , ’ she said . |
22 | and the Monday , and they eventually turned up on the Tuesday . |
23 | It was a lot of work for one man , he told me , which is why the name Hugh Cruttwell always turns up on the credits of his movies . |
24 | He was n't the prettiest sight you would see on a golf course but , since he always turned up at the practice ground the following morning more or less on time and more or less clean-shaven , it was obvious that he patronised his own circuit of cheap guesthouses . |
25 | He usually turned out for the Palace at right-back and was the composed and effective successor to the brilliant Arthur Hudgell , epitomising the honest footballer who would always give of his best for his club whatever the situation . |
26 | They always turn up in the nets ! |
27 | So , if people ca n't get hold of an application form , can they still turn up on the day , I think that 's the final thing is n't it ? |
28 | LEFT : Merrets Mill was used as a cloth mill but was later turned over to the production of flock , shoddy and mill puff , by the Grist family . |
29 | Captain David Lloyd-Owen 's LRDG patrol also turned up at the rendezvous and he recalls his first meeting with him . |
30 | Further volumes of Henry Oakeley 's Journal also turned up in the County Record Office - for the years 1862–1866 . |